Open Door Team - Mental Health Practitioner (based in Academic Departments)

Role Description

Department

Student and Academic Services provide a range of professional services to assist students with many aspects of their university life. Open Door & Disability is one of the sections within Student and Academic Services. Open Door is a multi-disciplinary team of mental health professionals who work with students who are experiencing psychological and mental health difficulties.

Role

There are 2 posts available that will involve Initial Assessment, brief interventions 1-3 or 1-4 therapeutic work or Case Management as appropriate following assessment. This role will also have responsibility for line managing Grade 5 generalist roles located in academic departments.

We wish to appoint a suitably qualified mental health professional, who has recent experience of working with people experiencing common mental health difficulties using evidence based, brief psychological interventions.

We are looking for a Practitioner who holds a relevant professional qualification and Registration/Accreditation with an appropriate professional body e.g. BACP, NMC  or BPS.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications needed

• An Accredited professional qualification in an appropriate discipline e.g. Counselling, Mental Health Nursing or Social Work. 
• Experience of undertaking Initial Assessments, completing brief interventions, and managing a caseload providing appropriate interventions according to the needs of the student.
• Up to date knowledge of mental health, mental ill health and psychological difficulties and the appropriate psychological interventions indicated after assessment.
• Knowledge of the range of mental health difficulties which may be presented within the University population.
• Experience of providing brief psychological interventions.
• Recent experience of working with people with common mental health difficulties.

Interview date: To be confirmed

For informal enquiries: please contact Steve Hardy on 01904 322140

Condition of employment

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Consequently, all applicants will be asked to declare both unspent and spent convictions on their application form.

Appointment of the successful candidate will be conditional on a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

The University strives to be diverse and inclusive  – a place where we can ALL be ourselves.

We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University. 

We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork